HYDROGEN APPLIED TO THE MINING INDUSTRY

Tug Boats used to transport minerals in Chile.

TUG BOATS USED TO TRANSPORT MINERALS IN CHILE

Chile has the 28% market share of copper production worldwide.
Chile is the world’s largest copper producer.
Chile has 2nd largest lithium reserves worldwide and 2nd largest producer.
Large investment in Electrolyzers for Green H2 in Chile.
5GW of electrolysis capacity under development by 2025, expectation $1 billion in investments & production of 45,000 tons H2/yr.

Tug boats are key components for logistic on the mining industry.
Effective usage of tug boats and timely delivery of cargo effective saving logistic costs.
Tugs are more effectively on the basis of environmental, technological and operational factors.
The operational factor leads to the financial performance of the tug.
Our H2 tug boat has a large variety of operations for mining:
- Firefighting
- Guidance in mooring operations
- Mineral spill response

Tug boats bustling about harbours, pushing, pulling and directing large mineral bulk ships in docking and undocking.
Tugs help large mineral bulk vessels to steer at slow speeds in restricted areas.
In some ports tugs have to escort large mineral bulk vessels compulsorily, in order to respond to a distress call, if any, in short time.
Tugs are inseparable part of any salvage operation in case of grounding, capsizing or sinking.
Today bollard pull performance, controllability, maneuverability and compactness are standard technological in design. But….new circumstances are emerging on the market:
- energy efficiency;
- environmental aspects: avoidance of hazardous emissions;
- reducing operational costs.